Sentence examples for blaze lit from inspiring English sources

* The 140-year-old furniture shop in the south London borough of Croydon that was destroyed in a spectacular blaze lit by rioters has re-opened in smaller premises just 20 yards down the road.

He described how "the leaping cracking flames and the close volume of breeze-blown smoke circling and spreading over the dark outlined hillside, the town lit lit by the powerful ruddy glow of the blazing hills, the dark masses of the people silhouetted against the glare, all made for a never to be forgotten sight".

And when your eyes track his large force field, you begin to discover beacons blazing in the darkness, lit by the work of Walter Scott in Scotland, Alexander Afanasyev in Russia, and other omnivores of their countries' stories.

In "Women," Carmen Maura set her bed on fire after her lover left her, and then, staring at the blaze in wonder, threw a lit cigarette into the flames.

A lot of northern festivals got woven in over the centuries, including Yule, with its blazing logs and its brightly lit bushes beautiful displays of light in a dark time of year.

A lot of northern festivals got woven in over the centuries, including Yule, with its blazing logs and its brightly lit bushes — beautiful displays of light in a dark time of year.

The taillights, the coarse blaze of deserted office buildings, the lit storefronts, the orange fuzz of the street lanterns: all this garbage of light had been refined into a radiant atmosphere that rested in a low silver heap over Midtown and introduced to my mind the mad thought that the final twilight was upon New York.

The streets teem with Hare Krishnas and men in fezzes, all lit by a lurid blaze of flashing neon.

Dean Yeats started the blaze at the King George V Pumping Station by throwing lit paper at the building.

Guests open a heavy wooden door into a glowing wood-panelled room (pictured) lit by a candelabra, with shelves of coloured glasses stacked against mullioned windows and an open fire, blazing even on a sunny August afternoon.

"Imagine the Africa of the great safari era, when blazing sunsets melted into lantern-lit romance and service was an effortless whisper," declares one, and it is typical.